Archives for January, 2007

The more astute among you will have noticed that I have been awol more-or-less for the past week. I have a major deadline to hit on Friday and once that is done (and I have rested) I will resume my usual posting. For the moment, check out four books that I am currently reviewing for…

In memory of those that slipped the bonds of Earth on this day in 1986. I was a freshman in college. The flight started at 11:08 EST – just after four in the afternoon in Ireland – and I remember watching the launch on CNN which was the only channel that was showing the event…

I am: Arthur C. Clarke Well known for nonfiction science writing and for early promotion of the effort toward space travel, his fiction was often grand and visionary. Which science fiction writer are you? PZ made me do it.

As I noted earlier, today is the anniversary of the birth of Thomas Willis in 1621. Willis is remembered as the father of modern neurology with his publication in 1664 of Cerebri Anatomi. He was also co-founder of the Royal Society of London in 1662 and discoverer of the circle of Willis (pictured above). Our…